Bittersweet Inaugural Tales From a Nation's Ceremonies
A retrospective by Ronald E. Cohen recalls presidential inaugurations from 1841 to 1961, recounting oddities and hardships. It notes Jackson’s mourning ball avoidance, Grant’s sardine crowd, Lincoln’s solemn oath under an unfinished dome, and FDR’s banking proclamation on the eve of his 1933 presidency. The piece blends humor with history across eras and venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
Lincoln
Capitol 11
Franklin Roosevelt
Fdr
Elevator May Move People Sideways Across Skyscrapers
Otis explores horizontal elevators and people movers for cross-building transport. At Duke University Medical Center a system moves patients on stretchers between buildings using a car on air guide tracks. Government funding aims to demo downtown routes in four cities with 220 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Pope
UPI
New York
Empire State Building
World Trade Center
Elijah Olis
QOUS
Otis
Denver
Duke University
Medical Center
Durham
N.C
Eino. K. Lalvala
Transportation Technology Division
Latvala
Duke
University of West Virginia At
Morgantown
Boeing Co
Boeing
Westinghouse
LTV Corp
Rohr Industries
Penicillin-Resistant Gonorrhea Warned by WHO
The WHO urged 151 member countries to report data on a penicillin resistant mutation of gonorrhea. The outbreak is not a new strain but a mutation producing resistant enzymes. Penicillin is no longer effective and spectinomycin is the costlier replacement.
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Geneva
Switzerland
UPI
World Health Organization
WHO
United Nations
United States
Australia
Britain
Canada
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Philippines
Singapore
South Korea
Attendance Drop Hits Payette School District Budget
Payette Idaho district faces a potential 36000 state aid loss if attendance remains down by nine students from last year. Superintendent Jim Fisher warned the board that the lower average daily attendance would tighten the budget and strain general fund spending.
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Payette
Idaho
VAPDS
Jim. Fisher
Oxygen Linked To Incubator Blindness
Doctors in the early 1950s observed a troubling side effect in premature babies placed in incubators. The condition retrolental fibroplasia was identified as incubator blindness, though it was not common.
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Dale Singer
East ST Louis, DI
UPI
Thaddeus Szewczyk
Mississippi River
St Louis
Szewczyk
St Louis Society For the Blind
Local notices and club meetings fill Bonner County listings
A dense list of January meetings and events across Bonner County includes Southside Christian School public meetings on January 17 to discuss gymnasiums and expansion, Selle Grange January 14, and a CBS documentary screening on January 14 at Sandpoint Community Hall. multiple clubs announce gatherings, regroups, and social activities with contact numbers.
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Southside Christian School
Southside Community Church
Selle Grange
Bonner County Freedom To Work Committee
CBS
Sandpoint
Frank Findlay
Bonner County
Man Seeks To End Three Marriages In Spokane
Calvin Mallory of Spokane filed a Superior Court petition to dissolve three prior marriages so he can remarry. He wed three women between 190 and 1972 but did not obtain divorces. Officials say charges under bigamy unlikely as none of the ex-wives has complained. marriages occurred outside Washington and he lived with only one at a time. His attorney says the aim is to clear the slate legally before remarriage.
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Grant
Treasury
Horace Greeley
Pennsylvania Avenue
James Munroe
Washington
Capitol
Old Prison
Supreme Court
Rutherford Hayes
Lucy
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Madison
Mallory
Malory
Nampa Man Rescues Elderly Woman From Fire
In Nampa Idaho a man forced entry into a burning apartment to save 70 year old Matilda Motley from a blaze. Jim Watkins broke through a door rescuing Motley who was critically burned and taken to St Alphonsus Hospital. Watkins sustained minor burns but declined treatment.
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Nampa, Idaho
Jim Kennedy
Nampa
Watkins
Kennedy
Almanac items for January 11, 1977 headline events
January 11, 1977 marks the eleventh day of the year with notable anniversaries. Key events include Alabama's 1861 secession move, Amelia Earhart's 1935 transpacific flight, Luther Terry's 1964 smoking health report, and Alexander Hamilton born in 1757.
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United Press International
Mercury
Mars
Saturn
Venus
Jupiter
Alexander Hamilton
Treasury
Continental Congress
New
York City
Alabama
Aratrix Amelia Earhart Putnam
Pacific
Hawai
California
Luther Terry
Idaho Road Report Shows Slippery Mountain Pass Conditions
Freezing Idaho temperatures left roads snow covered and icy with chains advised for safe travel. The bulletin lists icy spots and broken snow floors on routes including State Highway 55 Boise to plummer, Interstate 90 through Fourth of July Canyon to Wallace, and I 80N Caldwell to Utah line, urging caution through major passes.
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Boise
UPI
Idaho
State Departments of ‘Transportation and Law Enforcement
Marsing
Banks Canyon
New Meadows
Canyon
Wallace
Lookout Pass
Lolo Pass
Idaho City
Lowman
Caldwell
Utah Line
Fairfield
Idaho Falls
Shoshone
Last Trail Pass
Raft River
American Falls
Monida Pass
Obituary for Fannie K Tenney 80 in Deaconess Hospital
Fannie K Tenney, 80, died Sunday at Deaconess Hospital. Born June 15, 1896 in Taylor Arizona to Jesse and Rebecca Kay. Married Heber C Tenney December 1, 1914 in Holbrook. Lived in Bonners Ferry and Sandpoint retired from farming. Survived by three sons and three daughters plus 21 grandchildren and 36 great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday January 13 at 11:00 a.m. Moon Chapel with interment Pinecrest Memorial Park. Memorials to Heart Fund.
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Fannie K Tenney
Jesse
Rebecca Kay
Taylor
Arizona
Heber C. Tenney
Holbrook
Bonners Ferry
Sandpoint
Fannie
L.D.S
Westmond
Spokane
Max “Teddy” Cottrell
Mesa
Florence Tenney
John Louise’ Cochran
St. Regis
Montana
Ben Kay
Snowflake
Newll Kay
Joseph City
Irene Butler
Moon
John Winger
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Davis Hotel
James Madison
AL Wilson
West Point
Wight David Eisenhower
James Polk
Samuel F. Morse
Balliznore
WJ Buren
John Kennedy
N. Second
Schweitzer Valley Dwellers
Marianne Love
Rocky Mountain Rover
Martha’s Circle
Masonic Temple
Senior Citizen Center
Forest
United Methodist
Church Fellowship Hall
National Assn. of
Ladies Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Vernon Webb
N. Boyer
Women of the Moose Academy of Friendship
Nelly Perin
Dover
Women of the Moose
Mum’‘s
Green Thumb Garden Club
Edie Schuyler
East Hope
Evelyn Frank
Hope Aarp
Cliff
Lucille Everhart
Hope
Kootenai
Kootenai City Hall
Mmay
Wanda Robinson
Lake St
Christian Welfare Hospital
Calvin Mallory
Mexico
Pglo
Idaho Road Report
Fannie K
Tenney
Bernina
al Bernina Sales & Service
E. Sprague
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